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Law Enforcement Can Break 77% Of ‘Three Random Word’ Passwords (mastodon.thenewoil.org)

submitted 1 month ago by thenewoil@mastodon.thenewoil.org to c/cybersecurity@fedia.io

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Law Enforcement Can Break 77% Of ‘Three Random Word’ Passwords

https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2025/04/27/now-law-enforcement-can-hack-77-of-three-random-word-passwords/

#cybersecurity #passphrase

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[–] steve_zeke@freeradical.zone 3 points 1 month ago

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I use #diceware random words and have never used as few as 3 so this doesn’t surprise me. The author advocates for using #passkeys but I have so far resisted that advice from him and others. Using a #password mgr with a browser extension, passkeys seem to be only a small increase in utility. Also don’t like the “black box” aspect of passkeys: what are they, where are they locally, how secure is this system. Happy to hear how I am wrong to be a passkey skeptic.